Subtropical meadows under threat from overgrazing

In a study published at the beginning of 2024, an American and Dutch research team highlighted the vulnerability of turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum), an emblematic feature of tropical and subtropical ecosystems in the western North Atlantic, to predicted overgrazing by herbivorous species migrating northwards as a result of warmer waters. By Maud Lénée-Corrèze Under the…